Takli Formation

Takli Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone, siltstone, marl
Location
Coordinates21°12′N 79°06′E / 21.2°N 79.1°E / 21.2; 79.1
Approximate paleocoordinates26°12′S 61°30′E / 26.2°S 61.5°E / -26.2; 61.5
RegionMaharashtra, Gujarat
Country India
Type section
Named forTákli Plain
Takli Formation is located in India
Takli Formation
Takli Formation (India)

The Takli Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in India.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Paleobiota

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Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

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Sauropods
Sauropods from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Fusioolithus F. baghensis eggshell fragments Maharashtra Maastrichtian Sauropod Eggs.
Sauropoda[3][4] Indeterminate tooth Gujarat Maastrichtian A Sauropod.
Titanosauridae Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Titanosaur.
Theropods
Theropods from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
?Coelurosauria[4] Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Coelurosauria was a common wastebasket taxon.
?Megalosauridae Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Megalosauridae was a common wastebasket taxon.
Massospondylus[5][6] M. rawesi Tooth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Previously thought to be a Massospondylus now thought to have been an indeterminate Theropod.[7][8]
Theropoda[9] Indeterminate Teeth. Gujarat Maastrichtian An indeterminate theropod.

Other Archosaurs

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Other Archosaurs from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Archosauria[4] Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Either a saurischian or a crocodillan.
Crocodyliformes[10] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Crocodyliform.

Lepidosaurs

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Lepidosaurs from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Gekkonidae[11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gecko.
Boidae[12][13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snake.
Scincomorpha[12][13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Scincomorph.
?Contogenys[11] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Globaurid.
Anguidae[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Anguid.
Litakis[11] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Platynota.
Exostinus E. estesi[11]

E. estesai

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Xenosaurid.
Pristiguana P. sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Iguanid.
Iguanidae[11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An iguanid.

Amphibians

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Amphibians from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Anura[15] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Frog.
Pelobatidae[13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Spadefoot Toad.

Fish

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Fishes from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Pycnodus P. lametae

P. bicresta[16]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Pycnodontid Fish.
Belonostomus[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Aspidorhynchid Fish.
Sphyraena[14] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Barracuda.
Enchodus E. ferox[14]

sp.[12]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Enchodontid Fish.
Clupeidae[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Clupeid Fish.
Apateodus[16] A. striatus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ichthyotringid Fish.
Stephanodus[16] S. lybicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eotrigonodontid Fish.
Ostracion[14] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostraciid Fish.
Palaeolabrus[16] P. dormaalensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Palaeolabrid Fish.
Lepisosteus[14] L. indicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gar.
Lepidotes[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A possible late surviving lepidotid.
Dasyatis[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Whiptail stingray.
Igdabatis I. sigmodon Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eagle ray.
Osteoglossum O. deccanensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A osteoglossid Fish.
Osteichthyes[15] Indeterminate Ganoid and Cycloid scales Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Bony fish.

Mammals

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Mammals from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Symmetrodonta[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Allotherian Mammal.

Molluscas

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Molluscas from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Bivalvia Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Clam.
Limnaea sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Valvata sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Paludina sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Physa P. prinsepii Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.

Crustaceans

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Crustaceans from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Ostracoda[17] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostracod.

Turtles

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Turtles from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Pelomedusidae[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Pelomedusid Turtle.
Testudinata Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Turtle.

Insects

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Insects from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
?Buprestidae[18] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
Lomatus[18][19] L. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
?Curculionidae Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Meristos[18] M. hunteri Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Palaeotanymecides[18] P. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.

Flora

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ^ A. Sahni and S. Bajpai. 1988. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary events: the fossil vertebrate, palaeomagnetic and radiometric evidence from Peninsualr India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 32(5):382-395
  4. ^ a b c Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Jain, Sohan L.; Sahni, Ashok (1988-01-22). "Dinosaur eggshells (Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous Intertrappean and Lameta formations (Deccan, India)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (4): 408–424. Bibcode:1988JVPal...7..408V. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011673. ISSN 0272-4634.
  5. ^ R. Lydekker. 1890. Note on certain vertebrate remains from the Nagpur district. Records of the Geological Survey of India 23(1):21-24
  6. ^ Weishampel, David B. (1990). "Dinosaur distribution". In David B. Weishampel; Peter Dodson; Halszka Osmólska (eds.). The Dinosauria (1st ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 63–139. ISBN 978-0-520-06727-1.
  7. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230808666_The_history_of_dinosaur_collecting_in_Central_India_1828-1947
  8. ^ Molina-Pérez, Rubén; Larramendi, Asier; Atuchin, Andrey; Mazzei, Sante; Connolly, David; Ramírez Cruz, Gonzalo Ángel (2019). Dinosaur facts and figures: the theropods and other dinosauriformes. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18031-1. OCLC 1051136420.
  9. ^ A. Sahni and S. Bajpai. 1988. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary events: the fossil vertebrate, palaeomagnetic and radiometric evidence from Peninsualr India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 32(5):382-395
  10. ^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (2021-09-06). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  11. ^ a b c d e Kapur, Vivesh V.; Khosla, Ashu (2018-12-03). "Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences of India: A reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects". Geological Journal. 54 (5): 2797–2828. doi:10.1002/gj.3379. ISSN 0072-1050.
  12. ^ a b c d e f S. L. Jain. 1989. Recent dinosaur discoveries in India, including eggshells, nests and coprolites. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 99-108
  13. ^ a b c Rage, Jean-Claude; Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.; Verma, Omkar; Khosla, Ashu; Parmar, Varun (2020), Prasad, Guntupalli V.R.; Patnaik, Rajeev (eds.), "Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean Sites in Central India, with a Review of Lissamphibian and Squamate Diversity in the Northward Drifting Indian Plate", Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up–A Tribute to Ashok Sahni, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 99–121, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_6, ISBN 978-3-030-49753-8, retrieved 2024-08-18
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/vol35/v11.pdf
  15. ^ a b S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 6:194-204
  16. ^ a b c d https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282319217_Vertebrate_fauna_from_the_infra-_and_inter-trappean_beds_of_Andhra_Pradesh_age_implications
  17. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258963754_New_Evidence_for_Paleobiogeographic_Intercontinental_Gondwana_Relationships_Based_on_Late_Cretaceous-Earliest_Paleocene_Coastal_Faunas_from_Peninsular_India
  18. ^ a b c d A. Murray. 1860. Notes on some fossil insects from Nagpur. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:182-186
  19. ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

Bibliography

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